GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| throes | pang |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |